Spanish residents appeal for help, 3 days after historic floods left at least 158 dead

Unfortunately there are dead bodies in some vehicles,

Puente told reporters,

There's a total of 158 people to which must be added dozens and dozens of missing,

news agency Reuters reported quoting Angel Victor Torres, minister in charge of cooperation with Spain's region

Right now the most important thing is to safeguard as many lives as possible,

he told reporters

Those people wouldn't have died if they had been warned in time,

Laura Villaescusa, a neighbour and manager of a local supermarket, told Reuters

We found a lot of elderly people inside their homes and people who went to get their cars. It was a trap,

she told TVE

All of Spain weeps with all of you ... We won't abandon you."

Sanchez expressed his condolences in a televised address on Wednesday, saying

The storms are not over yet,

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned during a visit to Valencia, the worst hit area

It has been agreed to postpone matches that were to be played in professional and non-professional competitions, both in 11-a-side football and in indoor football [in the Valencia region],

it said